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Microsoft Windows App Notification UX Guidance

Documents valuable and non-noisy notifications, suppressed notifications delivered directly to Notification Center, contextual activation, and predictable cleanup of old notifications after related content is viewed.

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Notification center Choose notification center when messages must be revisitable after toast, push, email, or inline surfaces have disappeared. The entry point opens the notification center without navigating away from the current task unless the product uses a dedicated full page. Microsoft documents Notification Center cleanup, suppressed delivery, contextual activation, and predictable removal after users view related content.

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